certain amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcertainandamount
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certain
adjective
uk/ˈsɜː.tən/us/ˈsɝː.tən/
having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofcertainandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These results lend support to the hypothesis that there is acertainamountof redundancy between the discourse marker and the linguistic context.
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The derivability relation for pure type systems contains acertainamountof redundancy.
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Likewise, the fishnet is an essential part of northern life that requires acertainamountof ability and stamina.
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Acertainamountof mechanical energy is thus used to create the droplets, and is consequently stored as surface tension energy.
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Thus, a scope-to-the-left generalization does not hold either and acertainamountof variation must be admitted at this point.
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These representations could then lead to acertainamountof autonomic arousal.
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There was acertainamountof hostility in it, too.
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The person loses acertainamountof uniqueness and individuation but gains access to new skills and an identity within the organization.
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For these reasons, acertainamountof misdiagnosis of early-onset mood disorders is inevitable.
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Human acts are characterized by acertainamountof freedom + we want to know why a person chooses to do ' 'this' ' instead of ' 'that' '.
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Claims about what happens in this area accordingly have to be treated with acertainamountof care.
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In addition, there is further evidence that acertainamountof levelling took place.
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Though the rigorously thematic arrangement of the material causes acertainamountof chronological confusion, that is fairly easily sorted out.
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In the other cases there is acertainamountof ambivalence and anxiety with regard to the future, both health-wise and socially.
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Of course, acertainamountof perseverance is necessary for the success of any project.
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That's actually a piece that can in fact stand acertainamountof battering.
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There are parts that really need to be conducted together, but that also has acertainamountof leeway.
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For example, depreciation costs of medical equipment represented acertainamountin total hospital-stay price.
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Normal procedures for other relief expeditions at the time had been to incorporate acertainamountof scientific activities.
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However, central banks may not be that farsighted; they may simply postulate acertainamountof inertia on how private agents forecast.
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